Arm-rest



(No Model.)

W. M; SLAVIK.

ARM REST.

No. 594,572. Patented Nov. 30, 1897.

4NITED STATES PATENT Enron.

WILLIAM M. SLAVIK, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 594,572, dated November30, 1897.

Application tlledMarch 11, 1897.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. SLAVIK, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements inArni- Rests, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention has relation to improvements in arm-rests; and it consistsin the novel arrangement and combination of parts more fully set forthin the specification and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is-a perspective view of the arm-rest and thebelt or strap by which itis carried. Fig. 2 is a section on x a; of Fig.3. Fig. 8 is a section on fr] y of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a section on zz of Fig. 2.

- The object of the presentinvention is to provide a suitable arm-restfor persons who may have had their arm broken or otherwise injured,special View being had for the comfort of the individual in that thedevice as constructed removes any weight which under the prevailingforms of rests is communicated to the neck and shoulders from saidportions of the body. Where the arm is carried in the old form of sling,there is danger of the injured arm swinging from the body and there isthe inconvenience of supporting said member from the neck of theindividual. By the present invention these several disadvantages areovercome. In detail it may be described as follows:

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a A strap or belt of suitableWidth adapted to be secured about the Waist of the individual andadapted to support at any convenient point the hooked portion 2 of asuitable concave arm-rest 3, the hooked portion being adapted to embracethe full width of the strap, to which it may be permanently secured byrivets (not shown) passed through the alining openings 4 of the membersof the hook. The rest proper is provided with a suitable stiffening-rib5, disposed along the under surface thereof, whereby'a smooth surface ispresented to the arm of the individual along the upper surface SerialNo. 627,058. (No model.)

of said rest, which not only supports the arm, but partially embracesthe same. That member of the hooked portion which is adjacent to thebody is expanded into a portion 6, extending considerably below the baseof the rest, the object of expanding the same being to afford sufficientbearing-surface to take up the weight of the arm resting in the rest.The expanded portion 6 and the wall of which it forms an extension areprovided with a stiening-rib 7 on the side nearest the body, so as topermit the walls of the hook 2 to snugly embrace the strap.

The article as a whole is stamped and shaped from a single piece ofmetal, can be readily attached to the belt or strap, and on the Wholeforms a convenient rest or support for an injured arm.

Having described In y invention, what I claim is- 1. An arm-restcomprising two portions, namely a concave portion or rest proper, and asecond portion forming a continuation of the concave portion and adaptedto rest or bear against the body of the wearer, the whole being securedto a strap passed about the waist of the wearer, substantially as setforth.

2. An arm-rest comprising a concave portion or rest proper, a hookforming a part of the rest, and adapted to be passed over the edge of asuitable strap and secured to the body of the wearer, substantially asset forth.

3. An arm-rest comprising a concave portion or rest proper, a hookforming a part of the saine, an expanded extension forming a part of thewall of the hook which is adjacent to the body, the hook being adaptedto be passed over the edge of a suitable strap and secured to the bodyof the wearer, substantially as set forth.

4. An arm-rest comprising a concave portion or rest proper, areinforcingfrib formed along the under surface of the same, a hookforming a continuation of the concave portion, said hook adapted to bepassed over the edge of a suitable strap, an expanded extension forminga continuation of the wall of the hook which comes adjacent to the body,said expanded extension forming a distributingsurface for the loadimparted thereto by the In testimony whereof I :tiix my signature weightof the arm in the rest, and extending in presence oftwo witnesses. belowthe base of the concave portion, and a 'A rib formed along the Wall ofthe expanded 5 portion and the Wall of which it is an eXten- XVitnesses:

sion on that Side which is nearest the body, EMIL STAREK, substantiallyas set foi-th. ALFRED A. MATHEY.

W'ILLIAM M. SLAVIK.

